Cimbex americanus

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Cimbex americanus
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An adult Elm sawfly
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Cimbicidae
Genus: Cimbex
Species:
C. americanus
Binomial name
Cimbex americanus
Leach, 1817
Synonyms
  • Cimbex americanaLeach, 1817

Cimbex americanus, the elm sawfly, is a species of sawfly in the family Cimbicidae. [1] [2] [3] This is a very large species of Hymenoptera, with adults measuring 3 cm and larvae reaching 5 cm long. If captured, adults may buzz and use their powerful spiny legs defensively. However, like other sawflies, this species does not possess a sting. [4] The fly Opheltes glaucopterus is a parasite of the prepupae stage of this sawfly. [5]

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Taxonomy

This species was originally described as Cimbex americana by William Elford Leach, who treated the genus as feminine. However, Cimbex comes from a masculine Greek noun, [6] and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature thus requires masculine species. [7] Thus, its correct name is Cimbex americanus. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Cimbex americana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Cimbex americana". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ Hymenoptera of the world : an identification guide to families. Goulet, Henri., Huber, John T. (John Theodore), Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch. Ottawa, Ont.: Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research. 1993. ISBN   0-660-14933-8. OCLC   28024976.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ↑ Liston, Andrew (1979). "On Phoridae (Diptera) from Sawfly Cocoons (Hym Symphyta)". The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation. 91: 303. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Schrevel, Cornelis (1826). Cornelii Schrevelii Lexicon Manuale Græco-Latinum Et Latino-Græcum (21 ed.). London: Sumptibus C. & J. Rivington. p. 353.
  6. ↑ ICZN Code Art. 30
  7. ↑ Taeger, A.; Liston, A.D.; Prous, M.; Groll, E.K.; et al. (2018). "ECatSym – Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera)". Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI), Müncheberg. Retrieved 2021-05-13.


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